AgenciesPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday brought Dussehra gifts for many as he visited the holy town of Shirdi in Maharashtra. The Prime Minister handed over keys of houses to as many as 2,44,444 beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.

“A permanent house makes life easy and provides enthusiasm to fight against poverty. Keeping this in mind, the govt has set the goal of providing a permanent house to every family by 2022. I am happy that we have completed half the journey,” said the Prime Minister during a public event in Shirdi.

The Prime Minister also used the opportunity to hit out at the Congress and the previous UPA government. Prime Minister Modi claimed that while the previous government gave just 25 lakh homes, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA government had constructed one crore and 25 lakh homes in the last four years.